GUA NUMBER VS . BIRTH ELEMENT

[bai]

HOW DO I CORRELATE MY GUA NUMBER WHICH IS 6(METAL) TO MY BIRTH ELEMENT WHICH IS WEAK EARTH IN WHICH I SHOULD HAVE LESS METAL AND WOOD ELEMENTS(UNFAVORABLE ELEMENTS)

[Cecil Lee]

Dear Noe,
1. Thank you for bring up this interesting question.
2. To understand better, we can generally say that what you had mentioned is in my opinion like comparing "an Apple with an Orange."
3. This is because if one look carefully; what is `missing' from the understanding is the " TIME PERIOD ".
4. If one looks carefully at say the GUA number and how it has been derived, it is based on a person's YEAR OF BIRTH.
While a proper and very complete Pillars of Destiny Chart comprises of:-
YEAR, MONTH, DAY AND TIME OF BIRTH. (This four items is what we commonly call FOUR PILLARS) as each pillar is represented by one of the time periods i.e. Year, Month, Day and Time of birth.
In this site, in addition to the above, we also look at two additional Pillars i.e. House of Life and House of Conception.
5. Thus, if we only look at GUA = 6 (METAL) on it's own, it is (when compared to FOUR PILLARS or Pillars of Destiny - rather too simplistic) or too general a measure to derive one's ELEMENT.
6. Thus, it is as mentioned earlier, like comparing an Apple = GUA (YEAR of BIRTH analysis)with an Orange = Pillars of Destiny (not only Year, but also MONTH, DAY and Hour etc. of Birth).
7. Another useful example is this:-
Most of us know that North = Water element.
But under the Flying Star Feng Shui, this is not good enough. If one knows or understand some of the components of a Flying Star Chart it may have elements like:-
5 2
4
Where 5 = Earth element
2 = Earth element
4 = Wood element
We can even further break it down to Weak or Strong.
Thus, this is another good example where if one does not properly know it, is like comparing Apples with Oranges.
Warmest Regards,
Cecil

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On 12/20/2001 2:40:00 PM, Anonymous wrote:
HOW DO I CORRELATE MY GUA
NUMBER WHICH IS 6(METAL) TO
MY BIRTH ELEMENT WHICH IS
WEAK EARTH IN WHICH I
SHOULD HAVE LESS METAL AND
WOOD ELEMENTS(UNFAVORABLE
ELEMENTS)